About Us

The College

Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre is located on the northern slopes of Thiruvilwamala, which merges with the banks of the holy river Nila. This undulating terrain of 40 acres with lush green vegetation is continuously swept and hugged by the gentle northern breeze that brings the purity, serenity and sweetness of river Nila. This picturesque location shall linger nostalgically in the minds of any body visiting this beautiful area. Endowed with an enchanting and breath taking topography, lush green natural vegetation, virgin land, pollution free atmosphere, equitable temperature, plentiful of nectar like fresh water and salubrious climate, this is a sought after place for healthy life, clear thinking and pleasant learning pursuits.

The College has 6 buildings, including academic blocks, administrative building, 2 laboratory blocks, workshops, library and computer centres. There are 3 blocks in Women’s Hostel, One Boys Hostel and 2 Guest House blocks outside the premises. About 20 acres out of 40 acres of the land in the campus are beautifully landscaped without disturbing the natural terrain. Various buildings in thecampus are named after great Indian Scientists and Philosophers.

VISION

To mould our youngsters into Millennium Leaders not only in Technological and Scientific fields but also to nurture and strengthen the innate goodness and humane nature in them, to equip them to face the future challenges in technological breakthroughs and information explosions and deliver the bounties of frontier knowledge for the benefit of humankind in general and the down-trodden and underprivileged in particular as envisaged by our great Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

MISSION

To build a strong Centre of Excellence in Learning and Research in Engineering and Frontier Technology, to facilitate students to learn and imbibe discipline, culture and spirituality, besides encouraging them to assimilate the latest technological know how and to render a helping hand to the under privileged, thereby acquiring happiness and imparting the same to others without any reservation whatsoever and to facilitate the College to emerge into a magnificent and mighty launching pad to turn out technological giants, dedicated research scientists and intellectual leaders of the society who could prepare the country for a quantum jump in all fields of Science and Technology

OBJECTIVES

To become a Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology.
To have collaboration with Technological Universities in the world.
To be a centre for training people in advanced technologies in Mechanical, Automobile,Electrical, Electronics,Computer Engineering and Management.

GOALS

To develop infrastructural facilities on most modern lines.
To equip the young generation with high calibre engineers and innovative thinkers.
To provide facilities for teachers for advanced training in pedagogy and industrial knowledge.
To expose students to real world situations besides classroom/ laboratory teaching.
To develop Industry-Institute Interaction, thereby developing innovations and providing consultancies.
To have closer interaction with several Professional Bodies and expose our students to the latest development in Technology.

Aryabhatta

Aryabhatta is the new academic Block and is a 5 storied top class building with lift and with a built up area of 1.25 lakhs sq ft. This building is the Main Block housing 7 UG departments, 4 PG Department and individual rooms for Faculty Members, 5 Computer Science Laboratories, and one Internet Laboratoriy. The Chairman’s Chamber, Director’s Chamber, Academic Office, Seminar Hall, Principal’s emergency room, Vice-Principal’s Room, Conference Room are other facilities provided in this block. This block is named after Aryabhatta, the master astronomer and mathematirican born in 476 A.D in Kusumpur (Bihar). The author of “Aryabhatiyam”. Aryabhatta was the first to proclaim that the earth is round, it rotates on its axis, orbits the sun and is suspended in space, 1000 years before Copernicus published his heliocentric theory. Above all, his most spectacular contribution was the concept of zero without which modern computer technology would have been non-existent

Bhaskara

The old main building with a built up area of 1.00 lakh sq ft is named after Bhaskaracharya. This building houses, Board Room, Principals Chamber, First year class rooms, Electronics Laboratories, Computer Science Laboratories and Drawing Halls. A genius in Algebra, Bhaskaracharya was born in the village of vijjadit (Jalgaon) in Maharastra. Bhaskaracharya’s work in algebra, arithmetics and geometry catapulted him to fame and immortality. His renowned mathematical works are “Lilavati”, “Bijaganita”, “Siddant Shiromani” and “Surya Siddhant”. Bhaskaracharya was the first to discover gravity, 500 years before Sir Issac Newton.

Brahmagupta

This Block is named after Brahmagupta and has 30,000 sq ft floor area. This block houses the Automobile Laboratories and garage, Main Library and the Auditorium to accommodate 1000 persons. Brahmagupta was born in 598 A.D in Bhinmal city in the state of Rajasthan. He was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, and during his tenure, there he wrote four texts on mathematics and astronomy. The Brahmasphuta siddhanta is his famous work.

Varamihira

The main workshop building has an area of 30,000 sq ft and is named as Varahamihira, an eminent astrologer and astronomer. This block houses 10 Laboratories and Workshops in Mechanical Engineering Department, 6 Laboratories of Automobile Engineering Departments and 4 Laboratories of Electrical Engineering Department. Varahamihira was honored with a special decoration and status as one of the nine gems in the court of Kind Vikramaditya in Avanti (Ujjain). Varahamihira’s books “Panchsiddhant”“Brihad Samhita” and “Brihad Jatak” hold a prominent place in the realm of astronomy. He has revealed his discoveries in the domains of geography, constellation, science, botany and animal sciences

Kapila

The MBA & MCA block is named after! Kapila and has a floor area of 50,000 sq ft I This block houses MBA, MCAl Departments, MBA Director’s Chamber, I Board Room, Class Rooms, Seminar^ Halls, Laboratories, Yoga Room and " Computer Laboratories. Father of Cosmology and celebrated as the founder of Sankhya Philosophy, Acharaya Kapila is believed to have been born in 3000 B.C. Because of his extrasensory observations and revelations on the secrets of creation, he is recognized and saluted as a Father of Cosmology

Nala Restaurnt

The canteen is named after the mythological King Nala, whose culinary expertise has been a renowned one. The built up area is 18,000 sq ft and is a 3 storied building with most modern cooking facilities. Several types of seating arrangements are available here and can accommodate 700 students at a time.

The most modern and state-of-the-art furniture are provided in all classrooms, library, laboratories, workshops and computer centres. The pleasing atmosphere prevailing within the buildings shall be the neighbour’s envy and our pride. The active involvement of eminent professors, academicians, and luminaries from industries has facilitated in a great way for the establishment of this Hi-Tech engineering college. The discipline, academics and pedagogy here are tuned on the best lines. So far as human resources are concerned, this college is endowed with the fortune of having a few internationally renowned academicians on its rolls, besides the required number of youthful and i devoted young faculty of proven i ability and excellent track record. The I Director Academic & Advisor, of this college is Dr. K Raghavan Nambiar, an internationally renowned academician and environmental i engineer, and a distinguished I Ph.D holder from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Dr. P.N. Ramachandran is the Principal of this college. He has to his credit an excellent track record in the fields of industry, training and teaching. Prof. Suresh Babu C. Bahuleyan, Vice Principal & HOD Automobile Engineering, an M. Tech of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, is an academician of great repute. Prof. Dr. P.R. Chandrasekhar is the professor & HOD of Mechanical Engineering. He is a Ph.D holder from IIT, Kharagpur and was Professor in Kerala Agricultural University. Prof. Vijayan is the Advisor of Automobile Engineering Department. He is a retired Faculty from MIT, Chennai, a constituent College of Anna University. Prof. A.K. Saha, Dean Corporate Relations is a retired Scientist of ISRO & Head of placement wing, Prof. K.P.T. Nair, Prof. H. Neelakantan and Prof. V.G. Nair Professors in the Applied Sciences department are veterans in theirrespective fields. At Assistant Professor and Lecturer level, we have about 100 Faculty Members. The students, who have chosen this college, are amongst the best in the state. The performance in academics has been excellent. The presence of resource persons in the Technical Advisory Panel serves as a fountain of inspiration, information, advice, and encouragement to us. Most of them are renowned academicians, eminent professors and industrialists with international repute. We feel proud of them and we are really fortunate to have them in our Advisory Board.